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Marriott International

March 16, 2023

For other uses, see Marriott (disambiguation).

Marriott International, Inc. is an American multinational company that operates, franchises, and licenses lodging including hotel, residential, and timeshare properties.[1] It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. The company was founded by J. Willard Marriott and his wife Alice Marriott.

Marriott International, Inc.
Marriott International's new headquarters building (2022) in Bethesda, Maryland
TypePublic
IndustryHospitality
PredecessorMarriott Corporation
FoundedMarch 5, 1927; 96 years ago (1927-03-05) in Washington, D.C., U.S.
Founders
HeadquartersBethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Number of locations
8,484
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Bill Marriott
  • (Chairman Emeritus)
  • David Marriott
  • (Chairman)
  • Stephanie Linnartz
  • (President)
  • Anthony Capuano
  • (CEO)
Products
Revenue US$13.86 billion (2021)
US$1.75 billion (2021)
US$1.10 billion (2021)
Total assets US$25.55 billion (2021)
Total equity US$1.41 billion (2021)
Number of employees
120,000 (December 2021)
Subsidiaries
Websitemarriott.com
Footnotes / references
[1][2]
Marriott International hotels worldwide (interactive map)
San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina, one of the highest revenue-generating hotels in the United States
The Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, one of the tallest hotels in the Western Hemisphere

Profile

Marriott is the largest hotel chain in the world by the number of available rooms. It has 30 brands with 8,000 properties containing 1,423,044 rooms in 131 countries and territories.[1] Of these 8,000 properties, 2,149 are operated by Marriott, and 5,493 are operated by others pursuant to franchise agreements.[1] The company also operates 20 hotel reservation centers.[1]

Marriott International, Inc. was formed in 1993 when Marriott Corporation split into two companies: Marriott International, Inc., which franchises and manages properties, and Host Marriott Corporation (now Host Hotels & Resorts), which owns properties.[3]

Since the founders were Mormon missionaries, copies of the Book of Mormon are provided in hotel rooms in addition to the Bible.[4]

History

 
The Key Bridge Marriott is the company's longest-operating hotel.

Founding and early years

Marriott Corporation was founded by John Willard Marriott in 1927 when he and his wife, Alice Marriott, opened a root beer stand in Washington, D.C.[5] After serving a Mormon mission in New England, Marriott traveled to Washington, D.C. where he experienced the humid summer weather of the city. Marriott was convinced that what residents of the city needed was a place to get a cool drink, and so after returning to Utah and graduating from The University of Utah, Marriott purchased the rights to franchise an A&W root beer stand in Columbia Heights.[6] The first summer saw brisk business, but as cold weather approached they realized the seasonal nature of their business and received permission from A&W to start selling food. He named the restaurant Hot Shoppes and watched as it grew in popularity.[7] Always looking for new ways to improve his company, he bought the vacant lot next to one of his Hot Shoppes, removed the curb, and began offering the first drive-in service on the East Coast. This move popularized the restaurants, and by 1932, the Marriotts owned 7 Hot Shoppes in the D.C. area.[6] In 1953, Hot Shoppes, Inc. became a public company via an initial public offering.[8]

The company opened its first hotel, the Twin Bridges Motor Hotel, in Arlington, Virginia, on January 16, 1957.[9][10] It cost $9 per night, plus an extra $1 for every person that was in the car.[11] Its second hotel, the Key Bridge Marriott in Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia, was opened in 1959 and is Marriott International's longest continuously operating hotel.[12][13][14][15]

Hot Shoppes, Inc. was renamed the Marriott Corporation in 1967.[16]

In 1976, the company opened two theme parks named Marriott's Great America in California and in Illinois.[17] Six Flags acquired the latter in 1984,[18] while Cedar Fair has owned the California park since 2006.[19]

Marriott International

Marriott International, Inc. was formed in 1993 when Marriott Corporation split into two companies: Marriott International, Inc., which franchises and manages properties, and Host Marriott Corporation (now Host Hotels & Resorts), which owns properties.[3]

In 1995, Marriott was the first hotel [20] company to offer online reservations.[21]

In April 1995, Marriott acquired a 49% interest in The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company.[22] Marriott believed that it could increase sales and profit margins for The Ritz-Carlton, a troubled chain with many properties either losing money or barely breaking even. The cost to Marriott was estimated to have been about $200 million in cash and assumed debt. The next year, Marriott spent $331 million to acquire The Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta, and buy a majority interest in two properties owned by William Johnson, a real estate developer who had purchased The Ritz-Carlton, Boston in 1983 and expanded his Ritz-Carlton holdings over the next twenty years. Ritz-Carlton expanded into the timeshare market. Ritz Carlton benefited from Marriott's reservation system and buying power. In 1998, Marriott acquired majority ownership of The Ritz-Carlton.[23]

In 1997, the company acquired the Renaissance Hotels and Ramada brands from Chow Tai Fook Group and its associate company, New World Development.[24][25] Marriott International also signed an agreement to manage hotels owned by New World Development.[26]

 
The Marriott World Trade Center was destroyed during the September 11 attacks

In 2001, the Marriott World Trade Center was destroyed during the September 11 attacks.

In 2003, the company completed the corporate spin-off of its senior living properties (now part of Sunrise Senior Living) and Marriott Distribution Services.[27]

In 2004, the company sold its right to the Ramada brand to Cendant, acquired in 1997.[28]

In 2005, Marriott International and Marriott Vacation Club International were two of the 53 entities that contributed the maximum of $250,000 to the Second inauguration of George W. Bush.[29][30][31]

On July 19, 2006, Marriott implemented a smoking ban in all buildings it operated in the United States and Canada effective September 2006.[32][33][34]

In 2007, Marriott became the first hotel chain to serve food that is completely free of trans fats at all of its North American properties.[35][36]

Hotels franchised or operated by the company were affected by the 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing, the Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing in 2008, and the 2009 Jakarta bombings.

On November 11, 2010, Marriott announced plans to add over 600 hotel properties by 2015, primarily in emerging markets: India, where it planned to have 100 hotel properties, China, and Southeast Asia.[37]

On January 21, 2011, Marriott said that adult movies would not be included in the entertainment offered at new hotels, which would use an Internet-based video on demand system.[38][39]

Effective March 31, 2012, Bill Marriott assumed the role of executive chairman of the company and relinquished the role of chief executive officer to Arne Sorenson.[40][41][42]

In 2011, Mitt Romney received $260,390 in director's fees from Marriott International,[43] despite the fact that he had already stepped down from the board of directors to run for President of the United States.[44] His released 2010 tax returns showed earnings in 2010 of $113,881 in director's fees from Marriott.[45] In February 2012, Bloomberg News reported on Romney's years overseeing tax matters for Marriott, which had included several "scams" (quoting John McCain) and legal actions brought against Marriott, which Marriott lost in court, over its manipulations of the U.S. Tax Code.[46][47]

In December 2012, Guinness World Records recognized the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, a five star hotel, as the tallest hotel in the world.[48]

On October 3, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined Marriott $600,000 for unlawful use of a "containment" feature of a Wi-Fi monitoring system to deliberately interfere with client-owned networks in the convention space of its Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville. The scheme disrupted operation of clients' mobile phone hotspots via Wi-Fi deauthentication attacks.[49] Marriott International, Inc., the American Hotel and Lodging Association and Ryman Hospitality Properties responded by unsuccessfully petitioning the FCC to change the rules to allow them to continue jamming client-owned networks, a position which they were forced to abandon in early 2015 in response to backlash from clients, mainstream media, major technology companies, and mobile carriers.[50][51] The incident drew unfavorable publicity to Marriott's practice of charging exorbitant fees for Wi-Fi.[52][53]

On April 1, 2015, Marriott acquired Canadian hotel chain Delta Hotels, which operated 38 hotels at that time.[54][55]

On November 16, 2015, Marriott announced the acquisition of Starwood for $13 billion.[56] A higher offer for Starwood at $14 billion from a consortium led by China's Anbang Insurance Group was announced March 3, 2016.[57][58][59] After Marriott raised its bid to $13.6 billion on March 21, Starwood terminated the Anbang agreement and proceeded with the merger with Marriott.[60] Following receipt of regulatory approvals, Marriott closed the merger with Starwood on September 23, 2016, creating the world's largest hotel company with over 5700 properties, 1.1 million rooms, and a portfolio of 30 brands.[61] The Starwood acquisition gave Marriott a larger non-US presence; approximately 75% of Starwood's revenues were from non-US markets.[62][63]

On November 30, 2018, Marriott disclosed that the former Starwood brands had been subject to a data breach. After the disclosure, Attorney General of New York Barbara Underwood announced an investigation into the data breach.[64][65] The cyberattack was found to be a part of a Chinese intelligence-gathering effort that also hacked health insurers and the security clearance files of millions more Americans. The hackers are suspected of working on behalf of the Ministry of State Security, the country's Communist-controlled civilian spy agency.[66][67][68] Initially, Marriott said that 500 million customers' personal information had been exposed.[69] In January 2019, the company updated the number of guests affected to "less than 383 million" customers, and claimed many of the customer's payment cards had expired.[70]

In December 2019, the company acquired Elegant Hotels, operator of 7 hotels in Barbados.[71]

In February 2020, the company discovered a data breach that included the theft of contact information for 5.2 million customers.[72]

In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company instituted additional cleanliness standards, including requiring the use of electrostatic sprayers with disinfectant, adding disinfecting wipes in all hotel rooms, and removing or re-arranging furniture in public areas to allow more space for social distancing.[73] During the pandemic, global occupancy fell as low as 31%.[74]

President and CEO Arne Sorenson died on February 15, 2021, from pancreatic cancer.[75] On February 23, 2021, Anthony Capuano was appointed to fill Sorensen's vacancy as CEO and Director, having previously served as Marriott's group president of global development, design and operations.[76]

 
Entrance to new headquarters building in Bethesda, Maryland

In November 2021, the company was criticized for refusing to host the World Uyghur Congress at one of its properties in Prague, citing reasons of "political neutrality".[77]

In August 2022, employees began moving into the company's new 21-story, 785,000-square-foot headquarters building on Wisconsin Avenue, ahead of an official opening on September 21. The new building was constructed over four years as part of a $600 million downtown Bethesda campus, together with the adjacent Marriott Bethesda Downtown hotel.[78]

Senior leadership

  • Executive Chairman: David Marriott (since May 2022)
  • Chief Executive: Anthony Capuano (since February 2021)

List of former chairmen

  1. J. Willard Marriott (1927–1985)
  2. Bill Marriott (1985–2022)

List of former chief executives

  1. J. Willard Marriott (1927–1972)
  2. Bill Marriott (1972–2012)
  3. Arne Sorenson (2012–2021)

Awards

  • In November 2020, Marriott International was named as one of the "Top 75 Companies for Executive Women" by Working Mother.[79]
  • In June 2022, Marriott was recognized by the International Hospitality Institute on the Global 100 in Hospitality, a list featuring the 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality.[80][81]

Finances

Year Revenue
in mil. USD$ 		Net income
in mil. USD$ 		Total Assets
in mil. USD$ 		Employees
2005 11,129 669 8,530 143,000
2006 11,995 608 8,588 150,600
2007 12,990 696 8,942 151,000
2008 12,879 362 8,903 146,000
2009 10,908 −346 7,933 137,000
2010 11,691 458 8,983 129,000
2011 12,317 198 5,910 120,000
2012 11,814 571 6,342 127,000
2013 12,784 626 6,794 123,000
2014 13,796 753 6,833 123,500
2015 14,486 859 6,082 127,500
2016 15,407 808 24,140 226,500
2017 20,452 1,459 23,948 177,000
2018 20,758 1,907 23,696 176,000
2019 20,972 1,273 25,051 174,000
2020 10,571 −267 24,701 121,000
2021 13,857 1,099 25,553 120,000

Carbon footprint

Marriott International reported Total CO2e emissions (Direct + Indirect) for the twelve months ending 31 December 2020 at 5,166 Kt (-1,643 /-24.1% y-o-y)[82] and aims to reach net zero emissions by 2050.[83]

Marriott International's annual Total CO2e Emissions - Market-Based Scope 1 + Scope 2 (in kilotonnes)
Dec 2017 Dec 2018 Dec 2019 Dec 2020
6,238[84] 6,836[85] 6,809[86] 5,166[82]

The Luxury Collection

The Luxury Collection is a hotel brand of Marriott International with several notable hotels including Hotel Alfonso XIII, Gritti Palace Hotel, IVY Hotel + Residences, Hotel Imperial, ITC Grand Chola, Marqués de Riscal Hotel, The Nines, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, The Park Tower Knightsbridge Hotel, Phoenician Resort, Hotel President Wilson, The St. Anthony Hotel, and Royal Hawaiian Hotel. As of December 31, 2020, there were 118 hotels comprising 23,243 rooms operating under the brand.[87] The Luxury Collection is notable as the first "soft brand" hotel chain.[88]

Most hotels of the brand are located in converted historic buildings, including palaces or older hotels. The brand also enlists notable designers to craft luxury travel accessories that are available exclusively on the brand's website.[89]

The Royal Penthouse Suite at Hotel President Wilson in Geneva, part of The Luxury Collection, billed at US$65,000 per night, is listed at the top of the World's 15 Most Expensive Hotel Suites list compiled by CNN in 2012.[90]

History

The Luxury Collection brand began on January 13, 1992, when ITT Sheraton designated 28 of its most expensive hotels and 33 of the Sheraton Towers, as the ITT Sheraton Luxury Collection.[91]

In February 1994, ITT Sheraton Hotels and Resorts acquired a controlling interest in CIGA (Compagnia Italiana Grandi Alberghi, or Italian Grand Hotels Company), an Italian international hotel chain that owned several luxury properties in Europe.[92] The majority of the CIGA hotels were folded into The Luxury Collection. CIGA's original logo, the four horses of St. Mark, was kept for The Luxury Collection brand logo until 2010; each Luxury Collection hotel now uses its own logo.

In 2011, it embarked on an advertising campaign.[93]

In 2012, the brand announced a major expansion in Asia, particularly in China.[94]

In 2014, the brand signed Danish supermodel Helena Christensen as spokesperson.[95]

In 2015, the company launched a $700 million program to renovate properties.[96][97]

Marriott brands

 
J.W. Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton at LA Live, Los Angeles
 
A Fairfield Inn & Suites in Lake Buena Vista, Florida
 
JW Marriott at South Beach, Singapore
 
JW Marriott Desert Springs in-door Boat Parking Foyer in Palm Desert, California
 
Frenchman's Cove, U.S. Virgin Islands, a Marriott Vacation Club resort

Marriott operates 30 brands internationally.[98]

Luxury

Classic

Distinctive

Premium

Classic

Distinctive

Select

Classic

Distinctive

Long Stay

Classic

Distinctive

  • Element Hotels
  • Homes & Villas by Marriott International

Collections

Great America parks

Main articles: California's Great America and Six Flags Great America
 
Yankee Harbor, one of the original areas part of Marriott Great America theme parks.

Marriott developed three theme parks, of which two opened: Marriott's Great America in Santa Clara, California and Marriott's Great America in Gurnee, Illinois.[100] A third site was proposed but never built in the Washington D.C. area, but was cancelled due to strong opposition by surrounding residents.[101][102] The parks were operated by Marriott from 1976 until 1984, and were themed to celebrate American history. The American-themed areas under Marriott's tenure of ownership included "Carousel Plaza" (the first section beyond the main gates); small-town-themed "Hometown Square"; "The Great Midwest Livestock Exposition At County Fair" with a Turn of the Century rural-fair theme; "Yankee Harbor", inspired by a 19th-century New England port; "Yukon Territory," resembling a Canadian/Alaskan logging camp; and the French Quarter-modeled "Orleans Place". At the opening, the parks had nearly identical layouts.[103][104][105]

In 1984, Marriott disposed of its theme park division;[106] both parks were sold and today are associated with national theme park chains. The Gurnee location was sold to Six Flags where it operates today as Six Flags Great America.[18] The Santa Clara location was sold to the City of Santa Clara, who retained the underlying property and sold the park to Kings Entertainment Company,[107] renamed Paramount Parks in 1993.[108] From 1993 to 2006, the Santa Clara location was known as Paramount's Great America.[108] In 2006, Paramount Parks was acquired by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company;[19] the Santa Clara park operates today as California's Great America.[109] In the years after their sale, the layouts of both of the parks have diverged substantially.[103]

Loyalty program

 
Marriott Bonvoy logo

Marriott Bonvoy is Marriott's loyalty program and was formed in the February 2019 merger of its three former rewards programs: Marriott Rewards, Ritz-Carlton Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest.

Marriott Rewards was founded in 1983.[110]

Former loyalty programs

Starwood Preferred Guest (also known as SPG) was founded in 1999 as the first in the industry to enforce a policy of no blackout dates, no capacity controls, and online redemption. In 2012, Starwood Preferred Guest began offering lifetime status and a dedicated Starwood ambassador for loyal members.[111]

Ritz-Carlton Rewards was founded in 2010. Members were able to receive air miles instead of reward points and able to earn ten points (or two miles) for every dollar spent on any Ritz-Carlton room rates. Despite the restriction of membership to only one of the two programs, members of Ritz-Carlton Rewards were able to earn points in other Marriott hotels, while Marriott Rewards members were able to earn points at a Ritz-Carlton.[112]

See also

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Further reading

  • Marriott, Bill (2013). Without Reservations: How a Family Root Beer Stand Grew into a Global Hotel Company.
  • Marriott, John Willard, Jr., and Kathi Ann Brown. The Spirit to Serve: Marriott's Way. First ed. New York: Harper Business, 1997.

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marriott, international, other, uses, marriott, disambiguation, american, multinational, company, that, operates, franchises, licenses, lodging, including, hotel, residential, timeshare, properties, headquartered, bethesda, maryland, company, founded, willard,. For other uses see Marriott disambiguation Marriott International Inc is an American multinational company that operates franchises and licenses lodging including hotel residential and timeshare properties 1 It is headquartered in Bethesda Maryland The company was founded by J Willard Marriott and his wife Alice Marriott Marriott International Inc Marriott International s new headquarters building 2022 in Bethesda MarylandTypePublicTraded asNasdaq MAR Class A Nasdaq 100 componentS amp P 500 componentIndustryHospitalityPredecessorMarriott CorporationFoundedMarch 5 1927 96 years ago 1927 03 05 in Washington D C U S FoundersJ Willard MarriottAlice MarriottHeadquartersBethesda Maryland U S Number of locations8 484Area servedWorldwideKey peopleBill Marriott Chairman Emeritus David Marriott Chairman Stephanie Linnartz President Anthony Capuano CEO ProductsHotelsResortsRevenueUS 13 86 billion 2021 Operating incomeUS 1 75 billion 2021 Net incomeUS 1 10 billion 2021 Total assetsUS 25 55 billion 2021 Total equityUS 1 41 billion 2021 Number of employees120 000 December 2021 SubsidiariesMarriott Hotels amp Resorts The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company Le Meridien Sheraton Hotels and ResortsWebsitemarriott comFootnotes references 1 2 Marriott International hotels worldwide interactive map San Diego Marriott Marquis amp Marina one of the highest revenue generating hotels in the United States The Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center one of the tallest hotels in the Western Hemisphere Contents 1 Profile 2 History 2 1 Founding and early years 2 2 Marriott International 2 3 Senior leadership 2 3 1 List of former chairmen 2 3 2 List of former chief executives 2 4 Awards 3 Finances 4 Carbon footprint 5 The Luxury Collection 5 1 History 6 Marriott brands 6 1 Luxury 6 1 1 Classic 6 1 2 Distinctive 6 2 Premium 6 2 1 Classic 6 2 2 Distinctive 6 3 Select 6 3 1 Classic 6 3 2 Distinctive 6 4 Long Stay 6 4 1 Classic 6 4 2 Distinctive 6 5 Collections 6 6 Great America parks 7 Loyalty program 7 1 Former loyalty programs 8 See also 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksProfile EditMarriott is the largest hotel chain in the world by the number of available rooms It has 30 brands with 8 000 properties containing 1 423 044 rooms in 131 countries and territories 1 Of these 8 000 properties 2 149 are operated by Marriott and 5 493 are operated by others pursuant to franchise agreements 1 The company also operates 20 hotel reservation centers 1 Marriott International Inc was formed in 1993 when Marriott Corporation split into two companies Marriott International Inc which franchises and manages properties and Host Marriott Corporation now Host Hotels amp Resorts which owns properties 3 Since the founders were Mormon missionaries copies of the Book of Mormon are provided in hotel rooms in addition to the Bible 4 History Edit The Key Bridge Marriott is the company s longest operating hotel Founding and early years Edit Marriott Corporation was founded by John Willard Marriott in 1927 when he and his wife Alice Marriott opened a root beer stand in Washington D C 5 After serving a Mormon mission in New England Marriott traveled to Washington D C where he experienced the humid summer weather of the city Marriott was convinced that what residents of the city needed was a place to get a cool drink and so after returning to Utah and graduating from The University of Utah Marriott purchased the rights to franchise an A amp W root beer stand in Columbia Heights 6 The first summer saw brisk business but as cold weather approached they realized the seasonal nature of their business and received permission from A amp W to start selling food He named the restaurant Hot Shoppes and watched as it grew in popularity 7 Always looking for new ways to improve his company he bought the vacant lot next to one of his Hot Shoppes removed the curb and began offering the first drive in service on the East Coast This move popularized the restaurants and by 1932 the Marriotts owned 7 Hot Shoppes in the D C area 6 In 1953 Hot Shoppes Inc became a public company via an initial public offering 8 The company opened its first hotel the Twin Bridges Motor Hotel in Arlington Virginia on January 16 1957 9 10 It cost 9 per night plus an extra 1 for every person that was in the car 11 Its second hotel the Key Bridge Marriott in Rosslyn Arlington Virginia was opened in 1959 and is Marriott International s longest continuously operating hotel 12 13 14 15 Hot Shoppes Inc was renamed the Marriott Corporation in 1967 16 In 1976 the company opened two theme parks named Marriott s Great America in California and in Illinois 17 Six Flags acquired the latter in 1984 18 while Cedar Fair has owned the California park since 2006 19 Marriott International Edit Marriott International Inc was formed in 1993 when Marriott Corporation split into two companies Marriott International Inc which franchises and manages properties and Host Marriott Corporation now Host Hotels amp Resorts which owns properties 3 In 1995 Marriott was the first hotel 20 company to offer online reservations 21 In April 1995 Marriott acquired a 49 interest in The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company 22 Marriott believed that it could increase sales and profit margins for The Ritz Carlton a troubled chain with many properties either losing money or barely breaking even The cost to Marriott was estimated to have been about 200 million in cash and assumed debt The next year Marriott spent 331 million to acquire The Ritz Carlton Atlanta and buy a majority interest in two properties owned by William Johnson a real estate developer who had purchased The Ritz Carlton Boston in 1983 and expanded his Ritz Carlton holdings over the next twenty years Ritz Carlton expanded into the timeshare market Ritz Carlton benefited from Marriott s reservation system and buying power In 1998 Marriott acquired majority ownership of The Ritz Carlton 23 In 1997 the company acquired the Renaissance Hotels and Ramada brands from Chow Tai Fook Group and its associate company New World Development 24 25 Marriott International also signed an agreement to manage hotels owned by New World Development 26 The Marriott World Trade Center was destroyed during the September 11 attacks In 2001 the Marriott World Trade Center was destroyed during the September 11 attacks In 2003 the company completed the corporate spin off of its senior living properties now part of Sunrise Senior Living and Marriott Distribution Services 27 In 2004 the company sold its right to the Ramada brand to Cendant acquired in 1997 28 In 2005 Marriott International and Marriott Vacation Club International were two of the 53 entities that contributed the maximum of 250 000 to the Second inauguration of George W Bush 29 30 31 On July 19 2006 Marriott implemented a smoking ban in all buildings it operated in the United States and Canada effective September 2006 32 33 34 In 2007 Marriott became the first hotel chain to serve food that is completely free of trans fats at all of its North American properties 35 36 Hotels franchised or operated by the company were affected by the 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing the Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing in 2008 and the 2009 Jakarta bombings On November 11 2010 Marriott announced plans to add over 600 hotel properties by 2015 primarily in emerging markets India where it planned to have 100 hotel properties China and Southeast Asia 37 On January 21 2011 Marriott said that adult movies would not be included in the entertainment offered at new hotels which would use an Internet based video on demand system 38 39 Effective March 31 2012 Bill Marriott assumed the role of executive chairman of the company and relinquished the role of chief executive officer to Arne Sorenson 40 41 42 In 2011 Mitt Romney received 260 390 in director s fees from Marriott International 43 despite the fact that he had already stepped down from the board of directors to run for President of the United States 44 His released 2010 tax returns showed earnings in 2010 of 113 881 in director s fees from Marriott 45 In February 2012 Bloomberg News reported on Romney s years overseeing tax matters for Marriott which had included several scams quoting John McCain and legal actions brought against Marriott which Marriott lost in court over its manipulations of the U S Tax Code 46 47 In December 2012 Guinness World Records recognized the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai a five star hotel as the tallest hotel in the world 48 On October 3 2014 the Federal Communications Commission FCC fined Marriott 600 000 for unlawful use of a containment feature of a Wi Fi monitoring system to deliberately interfere with client owned networks in the convention space of its Gaylord Opryland Resort amp Convention Center in Nashville The scheme disrupted operation of clients mobile phone hotspots via Wi Fi deauthentication attacks 49 Marriott International Inc the American Hotel and Lodging Association and Ryman Hospitality Properties responded by unsuccessfully petitioning the FCC to change the rules to allow them to continue jamming client owned networks a position which they were forced to abandon in early 2015 in response to backlash from clients mainstream media major technology companies and mobile carriers 50 51 The incident drew unfavorable publicity to Marriott s practice of charging exorbitant fees for Wi Fi 52 53 On April 1 2015 Marriott acquired Canadian hotel chain Delta Hotels which operated 38 hotels at that time 54 55 On November 16 2015 Marriott announced the acquisition of Starwood for 13 billion 56 A higher offer for Starwood at 14 billion from a consortium led by China s Anbang Insurance Group was announced March 3 2016 57 58 59 After Marriott raised its bid to 13 6 billion on March 21 Starwood terminated the Anbang agreement and proceeded with the merger with Marriott 60 Following receipt of regulatory approvals Marriott closed the merger with Starwood on September 23 2016 creating the world s largest hotel company with over 5700 properties 1 1 million rooms and a portfolio of 30 brands 61 The Starwood acquisition gave Marriott a larger non US presence approximately 75 of Starwood s revenues were from non US markets 62 63 On November 30 2018 Marriott disclosed that the former Starwood brands had been subject to a data breach After the disclosure Attorney General of New York Barbara Underwood announced an investigation into the data breach 64 65 The cyberattack was found to be a part of a Chinese intelligence gathering effort that also hacked health insurers and the security clearance files of millions more Americans The hackers are suspected of working on behalf of the Ministry of State Security the country s Communist controlled civilian spy agency 66 67 68 Initially Marriott said that 500 million customers personal information had been exposed 69 In January 2019 the company updated the number of guests affected to less than 383 million customers and claimed many of the customer s payment cards had expired 70 In December 2019 the company acquired Elegant Hotels operator of 7 hotels in Barbados 71 In February 2020 the company discovered a data breach that included the theft of contact information for 5 2 million customers 72 In April 2020 during the COVID 19 pandemic the company instituted additional cleanliness standards including requiring the use of electrostatic sprayers with disinfectant adding disinfecting wipes in all hotel rooms and removing or re arranging furniture in public areas to allow more space for social distancing 73 During the pandemic global occupancy fell as low as 31 74 President and CEO Arne Sorenson died on February 15 2021 from pancreatic cancer 75 On February 23 2021 Anthony Capuano was appointed to fill Sorensen s vacancy as CEO and Director having previously served as Marriott s group president of global development design and operations 76 Entrance to new headquarters building in Bethesda Maryland In November 2021 the company was criticized for refusing to host the World Uyghur Congress at one of its properties in Prague citing reasons of political neutrality 77 In August 2022 employees began moving into the company s new 21 story 785 000 square foot headquarters building on Wisconsin Avenue ahead of an official opening on September 21 The new building was constructed over four years as part of a 600 million downtown Bethesda campus together with the adjacent Marriott Bethesda Downtown hotel 78 Senior leadership Edit Executive Chairman David Marriott since May 2022 Chief Executive Anthony Capuano since February 2021 List of former chairmen Edit J Willard Marriott 1927 1985 Bill Marriott 1985 2022 List of former chief executives Edit J Willard Marriott 1927 1972 Bill Marriott 1972 2012 Arne Sorenson 2012 2021 Awards Edit In November 2020 Marriott International was named as one of the Top 75 Companies for Executive Women by Working Mother 79 In June 2022 Marriott was recognized by the International Hospitality Institute on the Global 100 in Hospitality a list featuring the 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality 80 81 Finances EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Year Revenuein mil USD Net incomein mil USD Total Assetsin mil USD Employees2005 11 129 669 8 530 143 0002006 11 995 608 8 588 150 6002007 12 990 696 8 942 151 0002008 12 879 362 8 903 146 0002009 10 908 346 7 933 137 0002010 11 691 458 8 983 129 0002011 12 317 198 5 910 120 0002012 11 814 571 6 342 127 0002013 12 784 626 6 794 123 0002014 13 796 753 6 833 123 5002015 14 486 859 6 082 127 5002016 15 407 808 24 140 226 5002017 20 452 1 459 23 948 177 0002018 20 758 1 907 23 696 176 0002019 20 972 1 273 25 051 174 0002020 10 571 267 24 701 121 0002021 13 857 1 099 25 553 120 000Carbon footprint EditMarriott International reported Total CO2e emissions Direct Indirect for the twelve months ending 31 December 2020 at 5 166 Kt 1 643 24 1 y o y 82 and aims to reach net zero emissions by 2050 83 Marriott International s annual Total CO2e Emissions Market Based Scope 1 Scope 2 in kilotonnes Dec 2017 Dec 2018 Dec 2019 Dec 20206 238 84 6 836 85 6 809 86 5 166 82 The Luxury Collection EditThe Luxury Collection is a hotel brand of Marriott International with several notable hotels including Hotel Alfonso XIII Gritti Palace Hotel IVY Hotel Residences Hotel Imperial ITC Grand Chola Marques de Riscal Hotel The Nines Palace Hotel San Francisco The Park Tower Knightsbridge Hotel Phoenician Resort Hotel President Wilson The St Anthony Hotel and Royal Hawaiian Hotel As of December 31 2020 there were 118 hotels comprising 23 243 rooms operating under the brand 87 The Luxury Collection is notable as the first soft brand hotel chain 88 Most hotels of the brand are located in converted historic buildings including palaces or older hotels The brand also enlists notable designers to craft luxury travel accessories that are available exclusively on the brand s website 89 The Royal Penthouse Suite at Hotel President Wilson in Geneva part of The Luxury Collection billed at US 65 000 per night is listed at the top of the World s 15 Most Expensive Hotel Suites list compiled by CNN in 2012 90 History Edit The Luxury Collection brand began on January 13 1992 when ITT Sheraton designated 28 of its most expensive hotels and 33 of the Sheraton Towers as the ITT Sheraton Luxury Collection 91 In February 1994 ITT Sheraton Hotels and Resorts acquired a controlling interest in CIGA Compagnia Italiana Grandi Alberghi or Italian Grand Hotels Company an Italian international hotel chain that owned several luxury properties in Europe 92 The majority of the CIGA hotels were folded into The Luxury Collection CIGA s original logo the four horses of St Mark was kept for The Luxury Collection brand logo until 2010 each Luxury Collection hotel now uses its own logo In 2011 it embarked on an advertising campaign 93 In 2012 the brand announced a major expansion in Asia particularly in China 94 In 2014 the brand signed Danish supermodel Helena Christensen as spokesperson 95 In 2015 the company launched a 700 million program to renovate properties 96 97 Marriott brands Edit J W Marriott and the Ritz Carlton at LA Live Los Angeles A Fairfield Inn amp Suites in Lake Buena Vista Florida JW Marriott at South Beach Singapore JW Marriott Desert Springs in door Boat Parking Foyer in Palm Desert California Frenchman s Cove U S Virgin Islands a Marriott Vacation Club resort Marriott operates 30 brands internationally 98 Luxury Edit Classic Edit JW Marriott Hotels The Ritz Carlton St Regis Hotels amp ResortsDistinctive Edit Edition Hotels Bulgari Hotels amp Resorts The Luxury Collection W HotelsPremium Edit Classic Edit Delta Hotels Marriott Hotels amp Resorts Marriott Vacation Club Sheraton Hotels and ResortsDistinctive Edit Le Meridien Renaissance Hotels Westin Hotels Gaylord HotelsSelect Edit Classic Edit Courtyard by Marriott Fairfield by Marriott Four Points by Sheraton Protea Hotels by Marriott SpringHill Suites City ExpressDistinctive Edit AC Hotels by Marriott Aloft Hotels Moxy HotelsLong Stay Edit Classic Edit Marriott Executive Apartments Residence Inn by Marriott TownePlace Suites Apartments by Marriott Bonvoy 99 Distinctive Edit Element Hotels Homes amp Villas by Marriott InternationalCollections Edit Autograph Collection Design Hotels Tribute PortfolioGreat America parks Edit Main articles California s Great America and Six Flags Great America Yankee Harbor one of the original areas part of Marriott Great America theme parks Marriott developed three theme parks of which two opened Marriott s Great America in Santa Clara California and Marriott s Great America in Gurnee Illinois 100 A third site was proposed but never built in the Washington D C area but was cancelled due to strong opposition by surrounding residents 101 102 The parks were operated by Marriott from 1976 until 1984 and were themed to celebrate American history The American themed areas under Marriott s tenure of ownership included Carousel Plaza the first section beyond the main gates small town themed Hometown Square The Great Midwest Livestock Exposition At County Fair with a Turn of the Century rural fair theme Yankee Harbor inspired by a 19th century New England port Yukon Territory resembling a Canadian Alaskan logging camp and the French Quarter modeled Orleans Place At the opening the parks had nearly identical layouts 103 104 105 In 1984 Marriott disposed of its theme park division 106 both parks were sold and today are associated with national theme park chains The Gurnee location was sold to Six Flags where it operates today as Six Flags Great America 18 The Santa Clara location was sold to the City of Santa Clara who retained the underlying property and sold the park to Kings Entertainment Company 107 renamed Paramount Parks in 1993 108 From 1993 to 2006 the Santa Clara location was known as Paramount s Great America 108 In 2006 Paramount Parks was acquired by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company 19 the Santa Clara park operates today as California s Great America 109 In the years after their sale the layouts of both of the parks have diverged substantially 103 Loyalty program Edit Marriott Bonvoy logo Marriott Bonvoy is Marriott s loyalty program and was formed in the February 2019 merger of its three former rewards programs Marriott Rewards Ritz Carlton Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest Marriott Rewards was founded in 1983 110 Former loyalty programs Edit Starwood Preferred Guest also known as SPG was founded in 1999 as the first in the industry to enforce a policy of no blackout dates no capacity controls and online redemption In 2012 Starwood Preferred Guest began offering lifetime status and a dedicated Starwood ambassador for loyal members 111 Ritz Carlton Rewards was founded in 2010 Members were able to receive air miles instead of reward points and able to earn ten points or two miles for every dollar spent on any Ritz Carlton room rates Despite the restriction of membership to only one of the two programs members of Ritz Carlton Rewards were able to earn points in other Marriott hotels while Marriott Rewards members were able to earn points at a Ritz Carlton 112 See also Edit2018 Marriott Hotels strikePortals Maryland CompaniesReferences Edit a b c d e Marriott International Inc 2021 Form 10 K Annual Report U S Securities and Exchange Commission February 15 2022 SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT U S Securities and Exchange Commission a b A RETROSPECTIVE Host Hotels amp Resorts McDowell Edward December 26 1995 Bible Now Shares Hotel Rooms With Some Other Good Books The New York Times Marriott Bill May 9 2007 Remembrances of Mom Marriott on the Move Marriott International a b J Willard Marriott From Root Beer To Riches Entrepreneur October 10 2008 Rosenwald Michael July 1 2007 Root Beer Roots The Washington Post Our Story Marriott International Marriott Bill January 16 2019 CELEBRATING TWIN BRIDGES ANNIVERSARY Marriott International Nation s First Marriott Hotel Closes Its Doors Deseret News December 20 1988 Draznin Haley September 4 2017 The Marriott family American Dream From Hot Shoppes to hotels CNN Cooper Rebecca February 14 2019 The oldest Marriott hotel in existence is ready for a new look American City Business Journals Cooper Rebecca February 14 2019 Local lore 7 things you didn t know happened at the Key Bridge Marriott American City Business Journals Clabaugh Jeff August 2 2016 Key Bridge Marriott s future is uncertain WTOP New Owner Of Key Bridge Marriott Plans To Add 450 Residential Units To Rosslyn Site Bisnow Media March 4 2019 Before hotels magnate dabbled in restaurants PDF Alexandria Times March 7 2013 Marriott Bill August 16 2019 TAKE A SPIN ON NATIONAL ROLLER COASTER DAY Marriott International a b Bally s adds Great America to network Southern Illinoisan April 27 1984 a b Press Releases Cedar Fair Entertainment Company Cedarfair com Archived from the original on July 28 2006 Retrieved 2012 06 04 Who Owns The Marriott Hotel Hotels For Youth November 28 2022 Retrieved November 28 2022 Services Forbes McQuaid Kevin L March 7 1995 Marriott gets 49 of Ritz Carlton The Baltimore Sun Merle Renae June 19 2002 Ritz Carlton to Be Based in Md The Washington Post Sanchez Jesus February 19 1997 Marriott to Buy Renaissance for 1 Billion Los Angeles Times McDowell Edwin February 19 1997 Marriott Aims Overseas With Acquisition The New York Times 1998 Annual Report PDF New World Development 1998 pp 34 35 Form 10 K for the Fiscal Year Ended January 2 2004 U S Securities and Exchange Commission Hedgpeth Dana April 3 2004 Marriott to Sell Stake in 2 U S Brands The Washington Post Drinkard Jim January 17 2005 Donors get good seats great access this week USA Today Financing the inauguration USA Today January 16 2005 Some question inaugural s multi million price tag USA Today January 14 2005 Marriott Hotels To Go Smoke Free CBS News July 20 2006 Sanders Peter July 19 2006 Marriott to Ban Smoking From All Rooms The Wall Street Journal Rosenwald Michael S July 20 2006 Marriott Hotels Ban Smoking In Rooms The Washington Post Yu Roger February 1 2007 Marriott says trans fats will check out USA Today Marriott to Cut Trans Fat At U S Canada Hotels The Wall Street Journal February 2 2007 Basu Aniruddha November 11 2010 Marriott to expand India portfolio to 100 hotels Reuters DeLollis Barbara January 21 2011 Marriott says no to adult movies in new hotels USA Today Heath Thomas January 21 2011 Marriott hotels will stop offering in room adult movies The Washington Post Rosenwald Michael S December 13 2011 Marriott CEO J W Marriott Jr to step down The Washington Post Clabaugh Jeff December 13 2011 Bill Marriott Jr retiring as CEO American City Business Journals King Danny December 14 2011 Bill Marriott to step down as Marriott CEO Travel Weekly Willard M Romney 2010 Tax Return PDF Efile com Mitt Romney leaves Marriott International board American City Business Journals January 13 2011 Willard M Romney 2010 Tax Return PDF Efile com Romney as Audit Chair Saw Marriott Son of BOSS Shelter Defy IRS Bloomberg News Did Romney enable a company s abusive tax shelter CNN August 9 2012 Lynch Kevin June 9 2015 World s tallest hotel Take a look inside the J W Marriott Marquis Dubai Guinness World Records Marriott to Pay 600K to Resolve WiFi Blocking Investigation Press release Federal Communications Commission October 3 2014 Dismissal of Marriott s Petition for a Declaratory Ruling Federal Communications Commission February 13 2015 Marriott hotels do U turn over wi fi hotspot blocks BBC News February 15 2015 Free Wi Fi at luxury Marriott hotels for some Los Angeles Times November 2 2014 Hotels to collect record 2 25 billion in guest fees Los Angeles Times August 31 2014 Marriott International Completes Acquisition of Delta Hotels and Resorts Becomes the Largest Full Service Hotelier in Canada Press release Marriott International April 1 2015 Deschamps Tara January 27 2015 Marriott expands in Canada by buying Delta hotel brand Toronto Star Marriott closes 13 billion purchase of Starwood to become world s largest hotel chain Los Angeles Times Associated Press September 23 2016 Starwood dumps Marriott deal for competing bid USA Today March 18 2016 Starwood receives nearly 14B buyout bid from Chinese group Associated Press March 14 2016 Carew Rick Steinberg Julie Jamerson Joshua March 15 2016 Starwood Gets Offer From Group Led by Anbang Threatening Marriott Deal The Wall Street Journal Banerjee Arunima March 21 2016 Sheraton owner Starwood accepts higher offer from Marriott Reuters Marriott International Completes Acquisition of Starwood Hotels amp Resorts Worldwide Creating World s Largest and Best Hotel Company While Providing Unparalleled Guest Experience Press release Marriott International September 23 2016 MARRIOTT BUYING STARWOOD IN DEAL VALUED AT 12 2 BILLION Advertising Age November 16 2015 Blackman Andrew Yu Hui yong Mulholland Sarah November 16 2015 MARRIOTT BUYING STARWOOD IN DEAL VALUED AT 12 2 BILLION Bloomberg News Henney Megan November 30 2018 Marriott discloses data breach that could affect up to 500M guests Fox News O Flaherty Kate November 30 2018 Marriott Breach What Happened How Serious Is It And Who Is Impacted Forbes Sanger David E Perlroth Nicole Thrush Glenn Rappeport Alan December 11 2018 Marriott Data Breach Is Traced to Chinese Hackers as U S Readies Crackdown on Beijing The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Marriott hotel cyber attack linked to Chinese spy agency The Independent December 12 2018 Marriott cyberattack traced to Chinese hackers Axios December 12 2018 Shepard Sydny January 9 2019 Marriott Breach Unencrypted Passport Numbers Payment Cards Leaked Security Today Cimpanu Catalin January 4 2019 Marriott says less than 383 million guests impacted by breach not 500 million ZDNet Hansen Drew December 10 2019 Marriott closes on purchase of Barbados hotel portfolio American City Business Journals Sorrells Mitra March 31 2020 Marriott is victim of another massive data breach Phocuswire Marriott International Launches Global Cleanliness Council to Promote Even Higher Standards of Cleanliness in the Age of COVID 19 Marriott International April 21 2020 Jelski Christina August 11 2020 Marriott believes worst is over global occupancy at 30 Phocuswire Valinsky Jordan February 16 2021 Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson has died after pancreatic cancer fight CNN Bartiromo Michael February 23 2021 Marriott International names new CEO following death of Arne Sorenson Fox Business Allen Ebrahimian Bethany Lawler Dave November 18 2021 Marriott refused to host Uyghur conference citing political neutrality Axios Retrieved November 18 2021 Schere Dan August 15 2022 New Marriott International headquarters towers above downtown Bethesda Bethesda Magazine Retrieved August 21 2022 Lockwood Lisa December 1 2020 Working Mother Media Names Top 75 Companies for Executive Women Working Mother Dundas Guy July 14 2022 LATTE Columnist gains global hospitality recognition LATTE Luxury News Retrieved August 3 2022 Mix Pulse August 1 2022 Dr Jeffrey Obomeghie and Dupe Olusola among the 100 most powerful people in global hospitality Pulse Nigeria Retrieved August 3 2022 a b Marriott International s ESG Datasheet for 2020Q4 PDF Archived from the original PDF on September 24 2021 Alt URL Marriott International s Sustainability Report for 2021Q3 Archived from the original on October 26 2021 Alt URL Marriott International s ESG Datasheet for 2017Q4 PDF Archived from the original PDF on December 11 2021 Alt URL Marriott International s ESG Datasheet for 2018Q4 PDF Archived from the original PDF on April 21 2021 Alt URL Marriott International s ESG Datasheet for 2019Q4 PDF Archived from the original PDF on April 21 2021 Alt URL Marriott International Inc 2020 Form 10 K Annual Report U S Securities and Exchange Commission Karmin Craig April 15 2015 Starwood Is Launching an Affiliated Hotel Group The Wall Street Journal OGLETREE KELSEY April 30 2020 6 Luxurious Mother s Day Gifts Inspired by World Class Hotels Robb Report Arnold Helen December 2 2011 World s 15 most expensive hotel suites CNN ITT SHERATON CORPORATION EXTENDS SEGMENTATION BY PREMIERING THE ITT SHERATON LUXURY COLLECTION Press release PR Newswire January 13 1992 Archived from the original on January 1 2017 COMPANY NEWS ITT s Sheraton Unit in Pact To Buy Ciga Hotels of Italy The New York Times Bloomberg News February 10 1994 Levere Jane L August 28 2011 A Subtle Emotional Appeal to Luxury Travelers The New York Times Kauffman Scott June 15 2012 Luxury Collection Hotels Carves out Bigger Asia Pacific Footprint World Property Journal Starwood s Luxury Collection Signs Up Supermodel Skift February 20 2014 The Luxury Collection Celebrates Hotels That Define the Destination in New Global Advertising Campaign Press release Business Wire September 24 2015 Gollan Doug September 22 2015 The Luxury Collection Is Readying A New Brand Image Ad Campaign Forbes Marriott Hotel Brands Marriott International Marriott International Bets Big on Bleisure with Apartments by Marriott Bonvoy www travelmarketreport com Retrieved November 15 2022 50 Million Park Opens Desert Sun March 20 1976 Retrieved March 14 2022 Leonard Kevin Marriott theme park Redskins stadium once planned in Laurel The Baltimore Sun May 31 2013 Jones William H March 2 1978 Marriott Drops Its Plans For Va Amusement Park The Washington Post Retrieved September 11 2022 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint url status link a b Six Flags Great America Part 1 Marriott in the Midwest Themerica Retrieved October 3 2022 Six Flags Great America Part 2 The Original Lands Themerica Retrieved August 20 2022 Batman the Ride big draw at Six Flags Park in Gurnee The Dispatch Retrieved October 1 2022 Marriott to Sell Park to Bally The New York Times Associated Press April 27 1984 Retrieved October 27 2022 A New Start At Great America The Modesto Bee Modesto CA June 20 1985 Retrieved July 10 2012 a b Milo Mr August 16 2021 The History of Paramount s Theme Parks Pirates amp Princesses Retrieved December 10 2022 Theme Park Will Start New Year with New Attraction New Show and a Brand New Name Cedar Fair Archived from the original on November 16 2007 Marriott Bill Happy 25th Anniversary Marriott Rewards Marriott International STARWOOD CORPORATE OVERVIEW HISTORY Ritz Carlton starts a loyalty programme Ritz Carlton starts a loyalty programme The Economist September 15 2010 ISSN 0013 0613 Further reading EditMarriott Bill 2013 Without Reservations How a Family Root Beer Stand Grew into a Global Hotel Company Marriott John Willard Jr and Kathi Ann Brown The Spirit to Serve Marriott s Way First ed New York Harper Business 1997 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